Summary:

Don’t miss this great opportunity to join a progressive, energetic, and growing business.  This is your opportunity to join NISC and enjoy a fast paced, exciting career. 

NISC’s Platform & Infrastructure division is currently seeking top talent to help support and administer their network infrastructure.  As a member of the Cloud Networking team, you will be a part of a high performing team focused on high availability, design, and ongoing operations for the services we provide to our members.  We seek individuals with a passion to learn new technologies while delivering excellent customer service to our members. 

Work Schedule: 

Hybrid from one of our office locations:
- Cedar Rapids, IA
- Lake Saint Louis, MO
- Mandan, ND 
Hybrid Schedule: Minimum of working 3 day per week out of an office location and ability to work up to all 5 days a week from an office location.
Required Days from an Office Location: Tuesday and Wednesday - the third required day will be up to the candidate and their supervisor to choose.
Virtual Office Location: Fully remote candidates will be considered for candidates who have previously worked at NISC or one of it's Member's in the utility or telecommunication industries.

Essential Duties:

Create meaningful KPI dashboards for reporting on networking and application response time Service Level Agreements (SLAs).
Lead the design and development of low latency networking infrastructure to support distributed systems architecture.
Lead and execute the design/build of hybrid cloud network topology leveraging industry best practices.
Lead the design/build of containerized network topologies.
Manage multiple high-level vendor relationships while prioritizing and relaying requirements to the team surrounding internet connectivity direction.
Advise on vulnerability best practices and see through to resolution.
Design and automate network component patching that adheres to the Vulnerability Management Policy.
Develop maintenance plans, define organizational impacts, and establish best practices while coordinating effectively with other teams.
Maintain and contribute to our knowledge base, documentation, and SOPs.
Perform compliance audits.
Develop, oversee and manage a cost control budget with measures related to leveraging public cloud resources.
Participate in on-call support rotation on evenings and weekends. Perform occasional after-hours maintenance tasks.
May be requested to mentor other team members.
Commitment to NISC’s Statement of Shared Values.
Other duties as assigned.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities Preferred:

8+ years of related experience preferred.
Mastery level Knowledge of Networking Services/Protocols: TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, ARP, NTP, SMTP, OSPF, BGP, VRRP, IPSEC tunnels, SNMP.
Experience with the following vendors is a plus: Palo Alto Networks, SonicWALL, Extreme Networks, Arista Networks, Trustgrid. 
Working level knowledge of Linux operating systems.
Advanced level knowledge of scalable networking design including high availability, redundancy, failover and load balancing at the inter and intra datacenter level.
Advanced level Knowledge of containers, Docker, and Kubernetes network architecture.
Advanced level understanding of hybrid cloud and public cloud network topologies as well as AWS.
Advanced level Knowledge of firewall policy configuration and VPN termination.
Advanced level knowledge of how hosted applications use industry security and DDOS protections.
Advanced level knowledge of project management processes and theory.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Excellent telephone/email/chat etiquette and an ability to deal effectively with internal or external customers.
Excellent ability to demonstrate initiative and accountability.
Excellent research and problem-solving skills.
Possess an excellent attention to detail.
Excellent level ability to organize and prioritize.
Strong ability to mentor others.
Ability to travel as often as necessary to meet the goals and objectives of the position.

NISC’s Shared Values & Competencies:

Integrity – We are committed to doing the right thing – always.
Relationships – We are committed to building and preserving lasting relationships.
Innovation – We promote the spirit of creativity and champion new ideas.
Teamwork – We exemplify the cooperative spirit by working together.
Empowerment – We believe individuals have the power to make a difference.
Personal Development – We believe the free exchange of knowledge and information is absolutely necessary to the success of each individual and the organization.

Benefits:

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance.
Health Savings Account (HSA) with $100 monthly contributions from NISC.
- Like to walk? Improve your overall wellness knowledge? Ability to earn up to $800 additional dollars into your HSA each year through our Wellness Rewards program.
Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account (FSA) thru Paylocity.
Fully covered life insurance up to x3 annual base salary.
Fully covered short- and long-term disability.
401(k), traditional or Roth, with employee match up to 6% and employer 4% salary base contributions.
PTO accrual levels dependent on years of service, 120 Life Leave Event hours, 9 paid holidays and an annual holiday week.
$2,500 Interest-FREE technology loan program.
$25,000 employee educational assistance program.
Volunteer, Wellness, Family Events and other employee fun supplied by our committees.
Employee Assistance Program; assisting employees and dependents with virtually any life event
Benevolence Committee to support employees with financial hardships like unexpected medical bills, funerals and other unfortunate hardships.

Education Preferred:

Bachelor’s Degree in Cybersecurity, Networking, Computer Information Systems, a business-related field or equivalent experience. 

Other Qualifications/Certifications Preferred:

Certification in Amazon Web Services (AWS) or other public cloud technology.
Industry recognized certifications are a plus.

Minimum Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the essential functions of this position, employees must be able to see and communicate.  Employees are regularly required to maintain a stationary position, move, and operate computer keyboards or office equipment.

Disclaimer:

Management may modify this job description by assigning or reassigning duties and responsibilities at any time.

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